Agricultural implement.



L. BATTYANY, L. HLAVAGS & M.=KOTA. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1908.

917,236. Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1908.

917,236. Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FEFTQF.

LOUIS BATTYANY, LOUIS HLAVAGS, AND MICHEAL KOTA, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

Application filed July '7,

T all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that we, Louis BATTYANY,

LOUIS HLAvAos, and Mioniini. KOTA, subjects of the King of Hungary, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Agricultural Implements, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a combined plow and harrow, and the primary object of our invention is to provide a novel agricultural implement that can be expeditiously and economically used for tilling the soil.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple and durable agricultural iml plement that can be readily used upon irregular surfaces, the implement being provided with novel adjustments whereby the same can be used upon an inclined surface, either as a plow or harrow.

A further object of this invention is to provide a strong and durable implement having adjustments for regulating the depth and width of a furrow.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same con sists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be presently described.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a j Specification of Letters Patent.

1908. S -erial No. 442,274.

I ding of the wheels 1 Patented April 6, 1909.

end 3 of the part 2 passes through a guide 5 carried by the part 1, whereby said parts can be easilyand quickly vertically adjusted by loosening the clamp 4. This adjustment is provided, whcreby our implement can be used upon'an inclined surface, as the side of a hill, the truck serving to maintain the implements attached thereto in a horizontal position, particularly when. the hill side is traversed. The opposite ends of the parts 1 and 2 are provided with spindles 6, upon which are journaled wheels 7 and 8, the wheels 7 being of a lesser diameter than the wheels 8 for the purpose above mentioned.

Secured upon the part 2 by clamps 9 is a housing 10 havin a central bridge 1.1 providing clearance or a tongue 12 pivotally mounted upon the part 2 by a king bolt 13. Secured to the tongue 12 is a yoke 14, through which extends a U-shaped pivoted frame 15 connected to the housing 10 by the clamps 9. The tongue 12 is held in engage ment with the frame 1.5 by a pin 16 passing through one of the apertures of the frame and apertures provided therefor in the yoke 14 and the tongue 12. The )in 16 is attached to the tongue 1.2 by a chain or cable 16. By means of the adjustment of the pivoted. tongue 12 we are enabled to set said tongue whereby the truck can be drawn in the desired direction, preventing the skidand 8 when the implement is used. upon a hill side. Loosely side elevation of our implement, Fig. 2 is a mounted between the rear end of the yoke plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of 14 and the tongue 12 is a large link 17, said the implement with the harrow thereof in an 4 link being held by a pin 18. Attached to elevated position, Fig. 4 is an elevation of the link 1'? are two chains 18 and 1.9, the

the front truck of the implement, Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line VV of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line VII of Fig. 4.

Our improvement comprises a combined plow and harrow, which is detachably connected to a truck adapted to be drawn by horses or a traction engine. The truck is provided with certain adjustments, whereby it can be used upon an inclined surface, and with other adjustments for regulating the depth and width of a furrow made by the plow of the implement.

Reference will first be had to the truck which comprises a two-part axle, the parts 1 and 2 having their confronting ends bent upwardly, as at 3, and adjustably secured together by a clamp 4. The upwardly bent l former having a turn buckle 20 for a purpose that will presently appear. In the housing 10 and guided thereby is l a stirru) 21 having all-shaped bearing 22 for the book-shaped end of a plow beam 23. The stirrup 21 is provided with a vertical screw 24 extending through the to of the housing 10, said screw being provifed with a nut 24 having a handle 25, by which said nut can be easily rotated to raise and lower the stirrup 21, this vertical adjustment of the stirrup 21 having a purpose that will presently appear. The plow beam 23 adjacent to the rear end thereof is provided with a depending support 26 for a plow point 27 and a mold board 28, these parts eing common to the ordinary plow. The beam also supports an adjustable furrow designed to be operated by one attendant,- wnoran readily adjust the implement according to the character of SOll traversed cutter 29, common to the ordinar plow, 1 1 p thereby.

and is provided with a cross-hea 30 to which the chains 18 and 19 are connected, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The forward end of the plow beam 23 is provided with a hook 23 which is connected by a chain31 to the tongue 12, said chain retaining the beam in the \i-SlHLPGd bearing 22 provided therefor in the stirrup 21 of the truck. The beam 23 adjacent to the support 26 is provided with side bearings 32 for a shaft33 extending through the rear end of the beam 23. Upon one end of the shaft is mounted the arm 34 of a harrow 35, said harrow being normally held in a horizontal position by the tension of a coil spring 36 attached to said harrow, and to the plow beam 23. Upon the shaft 83 are mounted revoluble ratchet wheels 37 normally engaged by pawls .38 pivotally connected to the beam 23, as at 39. These awls are con nected together by the crosslead 40 of a lever 41, said lever extending upwardly through the brace 42 of plow handles 43, carried by the rear end of the beam 23. The end of the lever 41 is provided with a head ing it to shift the pawls to clear the ratchet 44 and interposed between said head and the wheels: brace 42 is a coil spring 45, said spring en- An agricultural implement comprising circling the lever 41, and normally holding the combination with a plow beam, of a said lever in an elevated position, whereby snait carried thereby, a shifting arm atthe pawls 38 will be normally held in entached intermediate its ends to the shaft, a gagernent with the ratchet wheels 37. harrow connected to the lower end of the in operation, the raising or lowering of the shifting arm, ratchet wheels upon said shaft, stirrup 21 elevates or lowers the forward end a pair of pawls pivoted to the beam and enof the beam 23, consequently the plow point gaging the ratchet wheels, a cross head con- 27 will be positioned to provide a deep or necting the pawls, and a rearwardly extendshallow furrow. If the implement is simply ing spring-controlled lever attached to the to be used as a cultivator or for plowing purcross head. poses, the harrow 35 can be elevated and 3. An agricultural implement comprising retained in an elevated osition by the the combination with aplow beam, ofashaft pawls 38 engaging the ratc et wheels 37 of carried thereby, a shifting arm attached inthe shaft 33. tel-mediate its ends to the shaft, a harrow By adjusting the turn buckle 20 of the connected to the lower end of the shifting chain 18, the plow and harrow can be positioned, whereby when the truck is moved, the plow and harrow will be thrown in a direction at an angle to that which the truck moves, By this adjustment a furrow of a desired width can be obtained, and more positive 0 eration of the plow and harrow upon a hil side accomplished. The chains 18, 1.9 and 31 also permit of the plow and barrow being adjusted with relation to the truck, it being advisable to allow a sufficient space to intervene, particularly when plowing a deep furrow.

It is obvious that by pressing downwardly upon the head 44 of the lever 41, that the harrow 35 can be released from an elevated position; the sprin 36 immediately returnmg the harrow to a horizontal position and retaining the same in engagement with the soil to be agitated thereby.

The 'im lement in its entirety is constructed of strong and durable metal, and is While inthe drawings forming a aart of this application there is illustrated the preferred embodiments of our invention, it is to be understood that the elements therein can )e varied or changed as to shape, proportion and manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described our invention what we claim as new, is

1. An agricultural implement comprising the combination with a plow beam, of a transversely extending shaft mounted at the rear thereof, an angle-shaped shifting arm connected intermediate its ends to one end of said shaft, a harrow carried on the lower end of said arm, a spring connecting the harrow to said. beam, ratchet wheels upon the shaft, pawls pivotally connected to the beam and engaging the ratchet wheels, a cross head connecting the pawls, and a spring-controlled lever connected to the cross head for operatpawls pivoted to the beam and engaging the ratchet wheels, a cross head, connecting the pawls, and a rearwardly extending curvilinear spring-controlled lever having the for ward end thereof connected to the cross head for operating it to shift the pawls clear of the ratchet wheels.

4. An agricultural implement comprising projecting from the rear end of said beam, of a shaft carried. at the rear of the beam, a shifting arm attached intermediate its ends to said shaft, a harrow connected to the shifting arm, ratchet wheels upon said shaft, a pair of pawls pivoted to the beam and engaging the ratchet wheels, a cross-head con necting the pawls, and a rearwardly-extend ing spring controlled lever attached to the cross-head and supported by the handles.

5. An agricultural implement comprising arm, ratchet wheels upon said shaft, a pair of the combination with a plow beam, handles the combination with a plow beam, handles the cross=head and further connected to said harrow.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS BATTYANY. LOUIS HLAVACS. MICHEAL KOTA.

projecting from the rear end of said beam of a shaft carried at the rear of the beam, a shifting arm attached intermediate its ends to said shaft,- a harroW connected to the shifting arm, ratchet Wheels upon said shaft, a pair of pawls pivoted to the beam and engaging the ratchet Wheels, a cross-head c0nl necting the pawls, a rearwardly-extending spring controlled lever attached to the cross- Witnesses: head and supported by the handles, and a WILL J. LAMBERD, spring connected to the beam in advance of 1 A. J. CARREL. 

